Things I Learnt This Week

Ketchup, Pet Rocks, Smaug & F.R.I.E.N.D.S: TIL365 – Week 4

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#TIL Day 20: Ketchup comes from a 17th Century Chinese dish of pickled fish & spices named “kê-chiap” picked up by English explorers #TIL36 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 20, 2014   #TIL Day 21: Singapore is the only country in the history of the modern world to gain independence against its own will. #TIL365 … Read more

Cocunuts, Diamonds, Pain & Pregnancy tests for Cancer – TIL365: Week 3

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#TIL Day 13: Coconut is the largest seed in the world. #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 13, 2014 #TIL Day 14: Penguin poop can be seen from space! #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 14, 2014   #TIL Day 15: A ‘Dolorimeter‘ is an instrument used to measure pain threshold and pain tolerance. #TIL365 … Read more

Panagrams, Botox, Iron & Warm Igloos – TIL365: Week 2

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#TIL Day 6: Pangram is a sentence using every letter of the alphabet. http://t.co/te948Hds2y #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 6, 2014 #TIL Day 7: Botox is the most dangerous toxin known to man, it costs about £100 trillion per kilo to produce! http://t.co/xEAJHplCj8 #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 7, 2014   #TIL Day … Read more

Asimov, Camels, Secret Agents & High Stakes – TIL365: Week 1

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#TIL Day 1: Issac Asimov was pretty accurate when he predicted how the world will be in 2014 http://t.co/pCd6WjRHr8 via @hallidude #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 2, 2014   #TIL Day 2: In WW2 a Double Agent made the Germans fund a network of 27 fictional agents! http://t.co/ulNjSDpJoc http://t.co/RuxoI21zBa — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January … Read more